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This whole episode can offer some perspective for startups because it shows how the popularity of a startup is not necessarily connected to it's actual merit.
by ilaksh 3y ago
This whole episode can offer some perspective for startups because it shows how the popularity of a startup is not necessarily connected to it's actual merit.
It's not that merit and popularity aren't related, it's just that they aren't the same thing. Also, receiving a lot of investment or having many customers is not the same thing as being a real business.
- baq 3y agoThe most I’m getting out of this is don’t run a billion dollar business on a cocktail of stimulants
- listenallyall 3y agoI kind of have a feeling that if you somehow performed a complete, comprehensive audit of the employees of many billion dollar businesses, tech and traditional, you'd find an enormous variety of stimulants and drugs, some prescribed, many not
- baq 3y agoAbsolutely but adderal for breakfast, lunch, dinner and as a sleeping pill is probably rather rare.